Defence Policy
July/August 2025
Volume 50
Number 4
NZIR
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Stepping up
Judith Collins outlines the government’s new approach to New Zealand’s security in a changing global environment.
Stained humanity?
Roderic Alley reflects on the plight of children in armed conflict.
Thinking outside the square
Alan Emerson discusses the impact of tariffs and suggests the need for New Zealand to consider a new approach.
Cryptocurrency and international security
Oleksandr Sharov presents a Ukrainian perspective on an issue of growing importance in the global economy.
New Zealand’s gateways to Africa
George Tadros and Johnny Sexwale provide insights from opposite ends of the continent.
New Zealand’s defence predicament
Ian McGibbon considers the country’s naval defence situation as old certainties fade fast.
BOOKS
Chris Elder: Interesting Times: Some New Zealanders in Republican China (Stephen Hoadley).
Reuben Steff: New Zealand’s Geopolitics and the US–China Competition (Jim Rolfe).
Adam Claasen: Grid: The life and times of First World War fighter ace Keith Caldwell (Bryan Couchman).
Peter Cooke and John Crawford (eds): Heavy and Continuous Sacrifice: New Zealand, her Allies and the Second World War (Richard Taylor).
INSTITUTE NOTES
The Annual General Meeting
Stepping up
Judith Collins outlines the government’s new approach to New Zealand’s security in a changing global environment.
Stained humanity?
Roderic Alley reflects on the plight of children in armed conflict.
Thinking outside the square
Alan Emerson discusses the impact of tariffs and suggests the need for New Zealand to consider a new approach.
Cryptocurrency and international security
Oleksandr Sharov presents a Ukrainian perspective on an issue of growing importance in the global economy.
New Zealand’s gateways to Africa
George Tadros and Johnny Sexwale provide insights from opposite ends of the continent.
New Zealand’s defence predicament
Ian McGibbon considers the country’s naval defence situation as old certainties fade fast.
BOOKS
Chris Elder: Interesting Times: Some New Zealanders in Republican China (Stephen Hoadley).
Reuben Steff: New Zealand’s Geopolitics and the US–China Competition (Jim Rolfe).
Adam Claasen: Grid: The life and times of First World War fighter ace Keith Caldwell (Bryan Couchman).
Peter Cooke and John Crawford (eds): Heavy and Continuous Sacrifice: New Zealand, her Allies and the Second World War (Richard Taylor).
INSTITUTE NOTES
The Annual General Meeting
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